Cardigan + references to past album eras

back when we were living for the hope of it all

seven // folklore

folklore’s sister record, evermore.

FEARLESS is not the absense of fear. It's not being completely unafraid. FEARLESS is having fears. FEARLESS is having doubts. Lots of them. FEARLESS is living in spite of those things that scare you to death. FEARLESS is falling madly in love again, even though you've been hurt before. FEARLESS is getting back up and fighting for what you want all over again... even though every time you've tried before, you've lost. It's FEARLESS to have faith that someday things will change. FEARLESS is having the courage to say goodbye to someone who only hurts you, even if you can't breathe without them. It's FEARLESS to say "you're NOT sorry," and walk away. I think loving someone despite what people think is FEARLESS.

favorite 𝒇𝒐𝒍𝒌𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒆 lyrics - 5/?

𝐦𝐲 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐭 - 𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐰𝐢𝐟𝐭

look what you made me do.

the lakes, taylor swift

“[My] 20′s were really, really fun, but I also sort of equate my 20′s to … walking into a costume shop, and trying on all these different costumes. And then like, walking out of the costume shop— in my regular outfit— and being like, ‘I’m cool with who I am.’ … one thing going into my 30′s that I’m really stoked about is [that] I now can really recognize and diagnose toxic messages being sent to me by society, by culture, about like, my body … I’m a woman, I’m not a coat hanger. I need to feel healthy in my life, and I need to take pleasure in food, and I need to not use my body as like, an exercise of control when I feel out of control in my life.” ✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:･✧* :ﾟ･✧

— Taylor Swift for British Vogue (Dec 2019)

“Lover is an album about all different forms of love. Even when love hurts, this album is about the full spectrum that love makes us feel, so I was like, this album is definitely going to be called Lover.”

— Happy anniversary to Lover

6 years of 1989 / october 27, 2014 - october 27, 2020

we begin our story in new york. there once was a girl known by everyone and no one. her heart belonged to someone who couldn't stay. they loved each other recklessly. they paid the price. she danced to forget him. he drove past her street each night. she made friends and enemies. he only saw her in his dreams. then, one day, he came back. timing is a funny thing, and everyone was watching. she lost him, but she found herself and somehow ... that was EVERYTHING.

"Hang on, it gets easier, and then it feels okay, and then it feels like freedom."

p a r a l l e l s

“Cardigan is about a lost romance and why young love is often fixed so permanently within our memories. Why it leaves such an indelible mark.”

all these people think love's for show | peace, folklore

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